[Intro, short jangling clean-electric guitar figure, bass and drums enter quickly] [Verse 1, close female vocal, restrained band] She sees the pictures every weekend New houses, weddings, babies, plans She leaves a heart beneath each picture Then wonders where her own life stands She thought by now she would be settled She thought she would have figured out Why every road she tried to follow Kept turning somewhere else somehow [Pre-Chorus, bass rises, guitars widen] She spent too long feeling behind Counting everybody else’s time [Chorus, firm melodic hook, full studio band] There is no deadline No final age to understand She can lose her way And still become who she is There is no deadline She has more life than she can see She is still becoming She is still becoming free [Verse 2, steady drums, brighter guitar movement] She took the jobs that kept things moving She stayed where people needed her She gave away the years in pieces And barely noticed when they passed Some choices left her disappointed Some days she hardly tried at all Still every morning gave her somewhere To begin again from where she was [Chorus, stronger vocal, added guitar counterline] There is no deadline No final age to understand She can lose her way And still become who she is There is no deadline She has more life than she can see She is still becoming She is still becoming free [Instrumental break, brief emotional electric-guitar melody, four to eight bars] [Bridge, drums pull back, vocal exposed] She may never live the life She pictured when she was nineteen The picture changed along the way And now she wants to see what comes She still has places she can go And people she has yet to meet She still has choices every morning She still has ground beneath her feet [Final Chorus, fuller studio band, restrained vocal layer on final lines] There is no deadline She can change her mind again She can start from where she is She does not need to know the end There is no deadline She has more life than she can see She is still becoming She is still becoming free [Outro, one short guitar phrase, clean ending]
